Harry W. Tileston Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu

Surname: TILESTON
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915


Page 1284

     HARRY w. TILESTON is superintendent of The Derry Shoe Company
of Derry, N. H., the largest manufacturing concern along this line in Rock-
ingham County. The product of this plant has an extensive sale throughout
the United States, and a well established reputation. The magnitude of this
company's operations is shown by the fact that the factory has a floor space
of 131,000 square feet, eleven hundred persons are employed and the output
totals eleven thousand pairs of shoes per day. 
     Mr. Tileston was born and reared in Dorchester, Mass., and in Boston.
When eighteen years of age he entered the employ of the M. C. Dizer com-
pany, shoe manufacturers, and remained with that firm four years. He then
engaged in the manufacture of shoes at Boston, and later moved to Randolph,
Mass., where he .was similarly engaged for six years. In 1901, he entered
the employ of A. G. Walton & Co., at Lynn and Chelsea, and from there came
to Derry and began his connection with the Derry Shoe Company. He knows
the business thoroughly from every angle and is regarded as a man whose
services are well nigh invaluable. In October, 1913, Mr. Tileston was mar-
ried to Miss Grace Knapp of Tilton, N. H. Fraternally be is a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

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